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Each Friday, Letterboxd posts a prompt on its X account asking users to reply with their last four films logged on the platform.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
It is the first conviction in Wales of "swatting" - a phenomenon that gets its name because such hoax calls in the US prompt Swat police units to be called in.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
If mortgage rates go down significantly, that could prompt more buying and accelerate price growth.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Inflation is expected to remain manageable and is unlikely to prompt Bank Negara Malaysia to change its policy rate, they added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Once my identity was verified, the Gregarious Simulation Systems logo appeared in front of me, followed by the log-in prompt.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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This includes tracks generated "entirely" from AI prompts, as well as lead vocals and "key" instrumental tracks that are AI-generated, according to the statement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
The company said users can also choose from presets and suggested prompts to "spark ideas", as well as sketch edits directly onto images.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Never input prompts with information that can be tied back to you, even if it’s anonymized later.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
The Feels is an IRL singles event that weaves meditation, talking prompts and somatic exercises to help participants connect on a deeper level.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
But it may only be vanity that prompts me to think so.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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Those accounts accused Harris of making use of the prompter to answer questions from the audience, asked in English and Spanish, causing Univision producers to set the record straight late Thursday night.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2024
I'd like to see how she performs more off the cuff and without an ability to read from the prompter.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024
“Now they’re back safely in their joke holes, doing what they do best: making my prompter word screen full of good and haha.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
Then, reading off a prompter in the back of the room, Biden turned his attention to the first soccer player honored as a Medal of Freedom recipient.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2022
Reynard, who seldom wanted a prompter, however, had his cue given him sufficiently upon this occasion; and so nibbling off one little bit for himself, he laid forth all the rest for the Lion's portion.
From ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. by ?sop
The day Yastrzemski steps out, museum curators will mark him for promptest delivery.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Needed: "Additional and improved bombers, airborne alert, more missiles of existing types, speeded production of Polaris submarines, the promptest possible dispersal and hardening of bases, and a program for civil defense."
From Time Magazine Archive
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The Federal Reserve Board's first credit-easing step, in May 1953, "was the promptest response to an economic decline ever taken by a central bank in any country."
From Time Magazine Archive
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In laying the matter before Prince Kung, Mr. Wade, the English minister, plainly implied that such was his opinion, and demanded from the Chinese government the promptest and most searching investigation.
From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various
Many of one’s promptest acquiescences are revised as one meets and eats with the ruling class later on.
From The Invisible Censor by Hackett, Francis
It may have lagged behind in AI, but that hasn’t prompted iPhone users to switch to Android devices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
While 2014 may have prompted some people to sign up for the Games, it also looms over 2026.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
The Grow Group Inc. chlorine cloud was one of the incidents that prompted L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
However, Oppenheimer enjoyed a huge audience boost from the Barbenheimer phenomenon, the 2023 viral trend that prompted movie fans to buy tickets to see Barbie and Oppenheimer on the same day.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Messenger or no, her fumblings prompted a burst of laughter from the other students—except for Kate, who pretended not to notice as she grabbed Sticky’s arm, dragging him toward the door.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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The traditionally working class, northern sport of rugby league had never had a representative knighted in 130 years, prompting claims of snobbery.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
South Korea’s Kospi surged over 5.0%, prompting the Korean exchange to briefly suspend trade of the index’s stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Hungary's former foreign minister Peter Szijjarto, an ally of nationalist ex-leader Viktor Orban, announced his resignation as a lawmaker on Wednesday to work for Chinese electric-vehicle giant BYD, prompting conflict-of-interest accusations.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Van der Velden says creating a Tilly performance is a collaborative process that combines acting, AI prompting and traditional filmmaking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
And as they ate it, Harry, with some gentle prompting from Albert, talked about birds.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Essential English Vocabulary, List 1
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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